Below is the 10th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.

Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...

A group of Welsh milk producers forging a path to the creation of Dairy Producer Organisations (DPOs) in Wales, are hoping to engage the interest of like-minded farmers at the Welsh Dairy Show at Carmarthen today (October 24^th)...

Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Aberystwyth University

Take home messages:

• Injurious pecking is a behaviour that affects hen welfare in many free range systems, the current common control strategy is the use of beak trimming.
• Management strategies to improve foraging...

A Welsh upland farm is saving £4/ewe off its pre-lambing feed costs by switching to a Total Mixed Ration (TMR) system that incorporates a treated soya product with high quality silage.

Keith Williams runs 885 Lleyn and Texel-cross ewes...

Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• Tillage creates significant disturbance to soil, which can have a negative influence on soil biology and soil organic matter levels.
• This can adversely affect soil health and function.
• Adopting no-till systems...

European law sets out minimum requirements that must be met for laying hens in order to market eggs as free range. The rules are strict and are enforceable by Egg Marketing Inspectors if egg producers keep 350 or more birds...

Hannah Wright is Farming Connect’s recently appointed development officer for the South Wales region, which includes Gower and a large area in the former county of Glamorgan.

Hannah grew up on her family’s small beef and sheep holding in...

CARRYING out health checks around six to eight weeks before mating will help ensure that rams and ewes enter the tupping period in peak condition. Production will drop if ram performance and ewe fertility fail to reach their full potential...

Exciting times lie ahead for eight North Wales sheep producers who are collaborating with multi-million pound food processing company, Roberts of Port Dinorwic, in a bid to take their top quality PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) Welsh lamb to the UK...

An organic beef farm is capturing an additional 0.4kg/head of daily liveweight gain from yearling cattle at grass since establishing a rotational grazing system.

The cattle at Penrhiw Farm, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, were traditionally set stocked, but Phil Cowcher and...